Happy Muslim Mama: Sister Ammena's Henna

Alhamdulillah Sister Rainbow was kind enough to invite me to Sister Ammena’s Henna night. I arrived to find the house full of guests and Sis Rainbow had obviously gone to some trouble to decorate.

I had soooo much fun meeting them both and also Sis Mina of Humble Muslimah who was very sweet and a little shy I think. We had fun with a food tasting game (guess who won! 😉 and a quiz, but of course the best bit was the fab food which all tasted great (the chicken was my favourite). There was also party food before this and I think I managed to polish most of that off by myself. (Sis Rainbow is a fab cook and I have long wanted to try what she cooks up).

We had fun with henna, I “practised” on a few sisters and Little Lady got fed up of waiting and got one of the guests to do hers (I couldn’t believe she just went up with my folder of patterns and asked the lady to do it).

Of course the bride’s henna was done by an expert and looked beautiful.

There was a lovely fresh cream cake (think nuts, cream, strawberries, melt-in-the-mouth sponge) with sparklers which set the fire alarm off to everyone’s amusement.

Sister Rainbow had even arranged the personalised favours for us to take home.

Mash’Allah we had a lovely time and it was all halal. I loved that half way through the evening we all stopped and Sister Rainbow reminded us that whenever we come together we should remember Allah (SWT) so that he may bless our gathering. A sister then gave us a short but useful talk on marriage in Islam. Insh’Allah I hope that Ammena has a good day today (her nikah!) and it is the start of something blessed. I pray that Allah (SWT) rewards Sister Rainbow for all of her hard work and for feeding me so well.

It’s rather fun meeting fellow bloggers!